2012 AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL OPEN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS

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1 2012 AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL OPEN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS North Shore Events Centre Silverfield or Argus Place Entrances North Shore City Auckland, New Zealand Junior Men & Women Saturday 28 July, 2012 Senior Men & Women Saturday 28 July, 2012 Cadet Men & Women Sunday 29 July, 2012 Junior Boys & Girls Sunday 29 July, 2012 Senior Boys & Girls Sunday 29 July, 2012 Closing Date for Entries: Friday 20th July, 2012

2 Divisions: Junior Boys & Girls (10 and 31/12/12) Senior Boys & Girls (11-13@31/12/12) Cadet Men & Women ( /12/12) Junior Men & Women ( /12/12) Senior Men & Women (20+ 31/12/12) NB: Min 5 kyu (Yellow) for ALL divisions Cadets may compete in their respective Junior Men/Women s divisions Junior Men/Women may also compete in Senior Men/Women s divisions Cadets are NOT eligible to compete in the Senior Men/Women s divisions Enquiries to: Debbie Downing Phone ; competition@judoauckland.co.nz Closing Date for Entries: Friday 20 July 2012 Entry Fees: All divisions 14 yrs of age & over NZ $35-00 All divisions under 14 yrs of age NZ $30-00 Additional Entry Fees; NZ $15.00 per category Entries for New Zealand registered players MUST be done on-line. ENTRIES WILL NOT BE CONFIRMED UNLESS PAYMENT IS RECEIVED BY MONDAY 23 JULY Cheques made payable to Auckland Judo Association, posted to the following address. Judo Auckland PO Box Albany 0793 Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Overseas entries, complete the attached form and to competition@judoauckland.co.nz. Payment for entries can be made on arrival. Weigh in: There will be a concurrent unofficial and official weigh in from 7am until 8am. This means that during this time your weight can be recorded as official if you so wish. Official only weigh in will then commence at 8am for those players who have not already weighed in. Saturday 28 July Junior Men & Women Senior Men & Women Sunday 29 July Junior Boys & Girls Senior Boys & Girls Cadet Men & Women

3 1. CONTEST TIMES: Junior /Senior Boys & Girls Cadets /Junior Men & Women Senior Men & Women NOTES: 3 minutes 4 minutes 5 minutes 2. PROGRAMME: The sequence of competition will be from heavy to lightweight categories followed by the Open for each division. This may be subject to change depending on entry numbers. A timed programme will be advised once entries are finalised. Players are advised to be available in the stadium at least one hour prior to the scheduled time to enable changes to the timetable as required. Dan Gradings; Shodan to Sandan - Applicants who have the required time in grade and confirmed points requirement may apply to complete required Kata examination at this event. The Kata Examinations will be held on Sunday 29 July prior to the competition commencing. Application forms available on-line from the JNZ website (Log-in, Documents, Organisation, Dan Application) All enquiries to Judo NZ Office technical@judonz.org 3. RULES: The Tournament will be run according to the IJF Contest Rules as modified by the NZJF and in accordance with the NZJF Sporting Code; (log-in, Documents, Organisation, Sporting Code) NB: Armlocks and strangles for Junior Men/Women categories and above. Strangles permitted for Cadet Men/Women but no Armlocks Golden Score will apply to ALL age categories. Technical restrictions for competitors under 14 will apply (refer Section 13). NB: This tournament is a JNZ and OJU Promotion Points event. 4. ENTRY INFORMATION: Contestants must be registered members of the NZJF (OR for International players, by their national organisation that is affiliated to the IJF) prior to the closing date for entries. Players may enter the Open events on the day with the payment of the appropriate fee and provided that they have already entered a weight division. Where only one or two entries are received for any weight category, the Club Official will be advised. 5. REFUND OF ENTRY FEES: Refund of Entry Fee may only be authorised by the Tournament Director, to whom written application (stating the reason for the withdrawal) may be made up to seven days prior to the Tournament. 6. JUDOGI REGULATIONS: (See JNZ Sporting Code for details). All Junior Men/Women and Senior Men/Women are required to have both a blue and a white gi. 7. WEIGH-IN INFORMATION: A concurrent unofficial and official weigh in will be held from 7am until 8am both days. Thereafter no tolerance is allowed during the Official weigh-in, which will begin at 8am. Players may change weight categories on the day of competition but will incur a NZ$20 fee. After weigh-in, withdrawals from pool or open events will only be accepted from the Coach or Manager. The Tournament Controller may combine any weight and/or age categories where there would otherwise be insufficient entries to contest a category. 8. TYPE OF DRAW TO BE USED FOR ALL DIVISIONS: the draw will be as per the JNZ Sporting Code. Players are guaranteed a minimum of two fights. Where there are only two players in the category, the winner will be established by the best of three bouts (the third bout will NOT be contested if not required). 9. MEDALS: Medals will be awarded as per the JNZ Sporting Code. Each competitor who has won a medal must be present at the medal presentation and receive the medal personally any medalist who,

4 without good cause, does not take part in the presentation ceremony, shall forfeit the medal. Players must win at least one fight to be eligible for a medal, with the exception of divisions with only one entrant. 10. ACCOMMODATION: A list of Motels/Hotels in the vicinity of the stadium is available from CAFETERIA FACILITIES: Cafe facilities will be available. OFFICIALS: All Auckland clubs attending are requested to provide at least THREE volunteers to assist in the running of the tournament. Registered Tournament Officials/Volunteers will be provided lunch and tea/coffee during the tournament. Please complete the attached sheet to enable a roster to be drawn up. 13. BOYS & GIRLS (-14) TECHNICAL RESTRICTIONS (refer JNZ Sporting Code) C926 For contests involving players 13 years and under as at 31 st December 2011, the following techniques will not be awarded a score (refer Appendix H); Techniques involving a knee dropping element as part of the initiation of the technique (e.g. drop Seoinage, etc) Techniques involving neck grappling where the hand crosses the mid-line around the opponent s neck (e.g. Kube Nage, Koshi Guruma, etc) Techniques involving any form of leg grappling (e.g. Morote Gari, drop Kata Guruma, Kuchiki Taoshi, etc) When this occurs in a contest, the referee shall immediately call Matte and resume the contest from a standing position (i.e.; no transition into ne-waza occurs). The technique shall not be penalised UNLESS it constitutes the awarding of a penalty under the existing contest rules (e.g. deliberate leg grab with no attempt to attack, persistent infringing constituting preventing opponent from attacking, false attack, etc). Note that the intention of these restrictions is mainly to encourage the development of sound, safe Judo fundamental techniques in young players. This does not prevent these techniques from being taught in preparation for transition into age groups where they are scored.

5 VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE Please enter names and tick boxes for duties they are willing to assist with. NAME REFEREE CORNER JUDGE TABLE TIME KEEPER SCORE BOARD MAT STEWARD The more volunteers we have, the less we all have to do! Every effort will be made to ensure that parents / coaches are rostered off to support their children. Thanks for your support!!